Tag Archives: New York Times

Quote o’ the Day (Kiddie Spa Edition)

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Mani-Pedi Party desk In her year-end blog post, 17 Hopes and Dreams for The Times in the New Year, New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan lists this as #17: “More absurd Styles trend stories. Long … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged International Spa Association, Julie Turkewitz, Kari Ehresman, Lynne McNees, Makayla Ehresman, Margaret Sullivan, New York Times, Paige Ehresman, Public Editor, Seriously Spoiled Salon and Spa | 4 Comments

Daniel Berehulak Wins NYT ‘Year in Pictures’ Bakeoff

Posted on December 30, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As you splendid readers might – or more likely might not – have noticed, the hardlooking staff has annually chronicled the leading lights in the New York Times Year in Pictures review. (Previous winners: the redoubtable BU alum Tyler Hicks … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Daniel Berehulak, Ebola, New York Times, Sergey Ponomarev, The Year in Pictures, Tyler Hicks | 2 Comments

The World’s Oldest Living Altar Boy (Peggy Noonan Edition)

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardworking staff has previously noted, back in the 1960s we were the world’s oldest living altar boy at the Church of St. Thomas More in Manhattan. And as we also noted, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York intends to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bishop Furlong, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Carnegie Hill, Cathaholic, Christopher E. Baldwin, Fordham Prep, Jackie's Agnes, Kim Kardashian of the Upper East Side, New York Times, Peggy Noodnik, Peggy Noonan, Rev. Kevin Madigan, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Saks Fifth Avenue, St. Catherine Siena, St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, St. Ignatius Loyola, St. John Nepomucene, St. John the Martyr, St. Thomas More, St. Vincent Ferrer, Wall Street Journal | 4 Comments

Five Restaurant Chains That Won’t Be Advertising in the NYT Anytime Soon

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday’s New York Times featured this article from The Upshot on page 3: Call the roll of the departed advertisers: Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, Potbelly, Chipotle, Shake Shack, Sonic. If any of them run an ad in the Times in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chipotle, Lipitor, New York Times, Potbelly, Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, Shake Shack, Sonic, The Upshot | Leave a comment

Raymond Chandler Watch: Grammar Is My Business

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardtalking staff is a longtime lover of the works of Dasheill Hammett and Raymond Chandler, who we’ve always thought of as the Homer and Virgil, respectively, of pulp fiction. Now comes a new book, The World of Raymond Chandler: … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barry Day, Dasheill Hammett, Homer, Liesl Schillinger, New York Times, Random House, Raymond Chandler, The World of Raymond Chandler, Trouble Is My Business, Virgil | 7 Comments

Ave Atque Vale, NYT Advertising Column(ist)

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

It’s the end of an era at the New York Times: The Grey Lady is apparently tearing the sheets with its eight-decades-long advertising column. From the New York Post: Times set to drop popular advertising column Word is circulating that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Carl Spielvogel, Interpublic Group, IPG, Keith J. Kelly, New York Post, New York Times, Phil Dougherty, Randall Rothenberg, Stockholm Syndrome, Stuart Elliott | Leave a comment

‘The World’s Oldest Living Altar Boy’ II (St. Thomas More – or Less – Edition)

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

As chronicled here not long ago, I was the world’s oldest living altar boy back in the ’60s, thanks to a deal my Mom (aka Jackie’s Agnes) cut with Bishop Furlong at the Church of St. Thomas More in Manhattan. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bishop Furlong, Cathaholic, Christopher E. Baldwin, Fordham Prep, Jackie's Agnes, New York Times, Rev. Kevin Madigan, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, St. Catherine Siena, St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, St. Ignatius Loyola, St. John Nepomucene, St. John the Martyr, St. Thomas More, St. Vincent Ferrer | 4 Comments

NYT: Bostonians Don’t Care How They Look

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

From our Late to the Spending Party desk The hardworking staff has been occupied with one thing and another lately, so we missed this piece in the New York Times Sunday Review section. What People Buy Where CONSPICUOUS consumption is everywhere, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged alimony, Baltimore, Boston, Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey, Dallas, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, New York City, New York Times, Phoenix, San Francisco, Starstruck: The Business of Celebrity, Sunday review | 2 Comments

NYT’s David Barboza Is One Kick-Ass Reporter

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has long admired the work of New York Times correspondent David Barboza, who, according to the Times website, “was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting ‘for his striking exposure of corruption at high levels of the Chinese … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Altria, China, David Barboza, e-cigarettes, FDA, like Brown on Williamson, MarkTen, New York Times, nicotimes, Nu Mark, Philip Morris, Pulitzer Prize | 1 Comment

Civilians Who Run Full-Page Ads in the New York Times (Carole L. Haber Edition)

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has no idea who paid for this ad in yesterday’s New York Times, but it’s awfully sweet. From her WestportNow obituary: In 1975, she played a key role in the founding of the talent agency, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ben Brantley, Big Fish, Carole L. Haber, Creative Artists, Evita, Journey's End, Monty Python, New York Times, Next Fall, Patti LuPone, Spamalot, Westport Now | 1 Comment